What is ideal for my body to be tones quick?

[Anonymous]

I wonder if anyone can, I'm a 17 female waighing in at 9.13stone/127.82 pounds. I'm 5.5ft tall. I don't consider myself as overweight or anything and I personally have a very fast matbolism so the only time I really gain weight is when I eat dominos, MacDonalds etc VERY reguarly. So personally I don't need to go on crazy dieting or anything. All I need to do food wise is be careful on HOW MUCH crap food I take in.

I just started the gym... I have gone in Saturday and Sunday. The only thing I have done is cardio... Half an hour on the rowing machine and 10-15 mins on the cross trainers, bike and treadmill each day. Total of how many calories I burnt all together in 2 days is 850 Calories. Is that a good amount?

Okay, so my question is... Like what do I need to do to carry on? Like I go back to collage in September and I got 2 months to go to the gym. Is it possible to see some form of bikini body by then? If so, what do I do? Do I need to do crunches, planks and other simpleminded excersises like that I can simply do on the floor? Do I need to carry on with cardio? Like what do I need to do and HOW regularly :/

[njaybird]

Start lifting and don't be afraid of "bulking up." Start with body weight exercises: squats, lunges, push ups, hip bridges, planks, jump squats, etc, and move up to other weighted exercises when you get stronger. I like doing supersets consisting of one upper body exercise then right into one lower body exercise:

Example to get started
Perform 2-3 days a week

Warm up for 5-7 minutes with some jump rope, high knees, butt kicks, jumping jacks etc. get your muscles warmed up and moving.

Exercises:

10-15 pushups, 10-20 squats, 20-30 second break
repeat 2-3 times

1-2 min break

10-15 shoulder presses, 10-15 lunges, 20-30 second break, repeat 2-3 times.

1-2 min break

15-20 mountain climbers, 20-60 second plank, 20-30 sec break, repeat 2-3 times.

Cool down 5-7 minutes with some arm circles, chest and shoulder stretches, quad and hamstring stretches etc.

Eat the right amount of healthy food! Not McDonalds! I like eggs, oatmeal, berries, mixed vegetables, protein shakes, chicken, fish and lean beef.

[WeaponZero]

From what it sounds like the problem is that you don't do anything that builds muscle. Achieving a toned physique means continuing to burn away the fat until you begin to reveal the muscle. That's how you become toned. If all you do is cardio, you'll never make any progress until you become underweight because the muscle has to be there. You're going to have to take a break from doing all this cardio to focus on building muscle, and that takes time. It's way too late in the season to get substantial results that you'll see by the end of summer now.

[Cmasterson]

If you want your body to be toned, you could go to the gym everyday and do cardio everyday and if you ate crap your body STILL won't change, in order to see results you have to start changing your eating habits, no artificial sweeteners, trans fats etc. I find it best when I do cardio about 3 days a week, this can be walking, running and or sprinting jump rope etc.

[doublejw]

Running is the fastest way but harder on your knees. Also include some weight training. Squats are the fastest way to what, I'm thinking you're looking for. So yes running and squats, you'll defiantly see a difference in 2 months

[HereForTheDay]

Google shin ohtake and read his website workouts. com I believe

[Supermosh1990]

I say you should work outs focusing on your tummy, and thighs. This the best I can do with out a pic.

[goretcki]

Cardio and compound exercises